THE LAKE CITY COMMONS: A CATALYTIC APPROACH FOR GENERATING URBAN COHERENCE By Katy Haima, 2014, 99 pgs. Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Ron Kasprisin This thesis explores the role of urban design in generating coherence ...

As a hot topic in the field of urban planning, whether growth control is an effective planning tool overall and its potential impacts on land value have been discussed by a lot of literature, yet many of the studies reached ...

The development of the American interstate highway system over the past 60 years has had a variety of negative impacts on urban neighborhoods. Where these freeways run below grade, one mitigation option and urban design ...

Inspired primarily by the writings of Henri Lefebvre, this thesis is rooted in the argument that capitalist society inherently produces inequality. Further, the State, and urban planning as an extension of the State, serves ...

THE LOCATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS: IMPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITIES AND PLANNERS, AND SCHOOL DISTRICT DECISION-MAKING IN THE PUGET SOUND REGION by Jason Garnham, 2015, 100 pages. Chair of the Supervisory committee: Jan Whittington, ...

Portland, Oregon has attracted continuing attention for its achievements in planning, urban design, and growth management, and for its participatory approach to this work. They have stopped freeways, rebuilt their downtown, ...

With respect to the current unprecedented Chinese industrialization and urbanization in human history, this dissertation studies three themes: rural migrants, governance, and manufacturing towns. It identifies the few ...

The Lower Duwamish River (LDR) estuary is an 11-mile stretch of river that contains the core of industrial activity in the Seattle area. As the city's only river, the LDR also provides important habitat for many of the ...

The high concentration of poverty in the U.S. has been a significant problem since the turn of the twentieth century. A high concentration of people in urban areas without decent social, economic, and political means to ...

Due to its position in the public realm, low public-investment costs and popularity among residents, mobile food vending presents a potentially effective means of improving streetscapes and amenities within a neighborhood. ...

Cycling has been proven to contribute to not only cyclists' heath but also a sustainable transportation system in urban cities. Policy makers and urban planners all over the world have been promoting bicycling. City of ...

Sustainability-related reporting by companies and organizations has been developed with the growth of the notion of sustainability since the 1970s. More recently, Triple Bottom Line (TBL) reporting, one form of ...

Transportation planning in the United States has historically focused on reducing costs and improving efficiency of private automobile travel. In recent years, efforts have been undertaken around the world to increase the ...

Walking and environmental correlates have been increasingly investigated in the field of public health and transportation. Recent development in real-time activity and location tracking technology provides a unique opportunity ...

This study explores the potential for city planning departments to more deeply engage citizens in public planning processes by producing and sharing educational videos through such online platforms as YouTube. Many academic ...

Pedestrians are always near to vehicular traffic and street-side activities, chief sources of outdoor air pollution, and are directly exposed to it. Different activities produce pollutants, which affects pedestrians directly. ...

A tangle of health, quality-of-life, environmental, and economic concerns has prompted Seattle and other major US cities to pursue strategies that encourage more trips by foot, bike, and transit. Yet increasing bicycling ...

Microsoft is located in Redmond, WA on a sprawling suburban campus, which at one time was a competitive advantage. The desirability of suburban locations has waned and they now are faced with adapting their campus, which ...